Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Lacknacoo, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacknacoo
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.00826, -7.91618
- SMR number
- DG044-021002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked 'St. Columbkille's Stones' on the OS 6-inch maps, this site is traditionally believed by some to be the location of the birth of Columcille.* The site consists of a mound (DG044-021001-), almost oval in plan, 8m N-S and 5m E--W, .5m high. On the N half of the mound is a U-shaped setting of stones open to the N and 4m N-S by 2.5m E-W. Abutting the SE edge of the stone setting is a subcircular slab (DG044-021002-) 2m x 1.7m x .12m. The upper surface of the stone has a number of cupmarks c. 0.1m in diameter. Kinahan (1889, 284) suggested that the cupmarked stone may have been a cover for the U-shaped setting. The site is located on the crest of an E-W ridge with good views to N and S. A modern cross has been erected nearby.
*But see Churchtown (DG044-017001-).
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.